#which is weird because the part 5 manga isn't really my favorite

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I finished Sailor Stars!

That season was a train wreck :D

Wowie okay so um what to say. Well for one thing the ending made no sense. The Galaxy couldron was nonexistent so WOOO ten points to me for being right :D

The only part I legitimately liked was that Mamoru put up a fight and talked trash to Galaxia's face before she nuked him :D But no Usagi literally found out in such a crappy way. Bruh.

Uhhh what else what else. Uhhh I mean Galaxia was so badly written I don't even know what to say. And they didn't use Chibi Chibi correctly. They did however give us this.

F in the chat for fans of Sailor Cosmos. Though she isn't revealed to even be Sailor Cosmos until act 60 so uh idk yea. But like it also literally makes no sense to even show this since they say Chibi Chibi is Galaxia's star seed so yeeaaaaa

No epic space battle. The fight just takes place in a building in the middle of Tokyo. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yea no this wasn't an experience I enjoyed. I'm not even gonna lie I skipped through anything that didn't interest me.

And now I guess I completed Sailor Moon...?

I'll rank the seasons

Sailor Moon (season 1): 6.5/10

Honestly was enjoying a lot once I got used to the formula they used for the series. They took a long ass time introducing the senshi and when Usagi was revealed as the Princess it could have been handled better. They developed more minor characters like Naru and Shingo which I enjoyed. and Usagi's dynamic was fun though Mamo was particularly rude. But as the season went on (at least up to episode 35) the two became enjoyable to watch and comparable to their manga counterparts. But then Evil Endy happened and I was hating my life :D

Sailor Moon R: 7.5/10

Filler with Ail and An was like really dumb. BUT I got to see Mamoru and Usagi have more time together and fall in love again. But like also I did skip stuff there. When it got to the Black Moon I was actually pretty invested. Black Moon had the best opening visuals. And honestly the break up arc was a strong point of the arc looking back. I know I roasted Mamo for his actions but if anything it proved how much he really wanted to be with Usagi especially in the Sleeping Beauty episode. Chibiusa was pretty much just as she should be. Mamo got no powers. I liked that they gave redemption arcs to the Supernatural sisters. Black Lady was somewhat rushed. Diana was nonexistent and we barely saw any of the 30th Century. Plus Chibiusa never earned her powers as a Sailor Guardian on screen. The ending is a complete blur for me.

Sailor Moon S: 5.5/10

Mamousa in this season was honestly peak from start to finish. However literally everything else sucked 😅 The daemons were weird as hell. The Witches 5 were crazy. Haruka and Michiru were unfortunately jerks and that never changed in this season. Mugenzu academy was introduced waaaaaaaaayyyy too late. The inner senshi were constantly ragging on Usagi. Not to mention Usagi was treated terribly by the writers. Hotaru was cool I guess. The pure heart crystals was DUMB they spent way too long looking for Talismans. I liked the redemption of professor Tomoe. But Chibiusa never got to be Super Sailor Chibi Moon.

Sailor Moon Super S: 5/10

I was starting to like it towards the end but then it completely fell apart because they botched my favorite arc. Everything I loved about this arc, they took away. The Sailor Senshi were not princesses, they didn't have Sailor crystals, They ignored the fact that the Golden Crystal is Mamoru's, Usagi never earned her Eternal powers, Artemis, Luna and Diana never turned human. But what did we get in this arc? Well we have creepy and ridiculous circus lemures, we have adult men going after children and invading their dream mirrors. We have awful characterization of the main cast which would make anyone hate them. The Mamousa was good but it could have been better. Chibiusa was falling for a horse with wings before she knew he was a human.

Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: 4/10

Not gonna make this long. As for Nehellenia filler, it was good but also like why? The only redeeming thing about Stars arc was the sliver of Mamoru Usagi content we got and the senshi actually seemed to love and care for Usagi.

So um yea I finally watched the 90s anime! But my overall experience was such a mixed bag. Some of it was just plain bad, some of it was legitimately good, some of it was cringe af and some of it was cute. Will I watch the series again? No. No I will not.

Since I've watched the anime I've earned the right to this opinion:

Sailor Moon Manga >>>>> Sailor Moon Crystal (+eternal) >>>>>>>>>>>> 90's Sailor Moon anime

And now all I want is to watch Sailor Moon Cosmos 😩

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Top 5 Fire Emblem ships you wish people understood the vision?

Most of the ships I like are pretty mainstream, so this is a hard question to answer, but I'll just talk about them anyway

1. Mareeta/Ced

This is probably the only actual rarepair I like. It's definitely a bit of a stretch since they have 0 dialogue and only 2-3 chapters that overlap where you can deploy both of them (and they don't even have that much if you choose to recruit Saias instead).

If you really wanted to you could find things that they have in common but admittedly part of this ship is that I just like both of them a lot and have no one else to pair them with. Ced has Altena but I don't really like Altena that much, and Tine but I don't think Ced and Tine have much of an interesting dynamic together. Mareeta has Saias which is just weird tbh.

Overall it's not an impossible ship or anything, just one that probably has to happen after the war rather than during it.

2. Tine/Febail

This isn't a rare ship but also not common so I thought I'd include it. I was introduced to the idea by friends and I think its growing on me, partly because you can easily imagine Tine and Febail meeting before the main story. Febail probably worked multiple jobs for Bloom before what we see in game, and Tine sneaks around to help villages in the northern area. And again, I don't have any other ships I was previously invested in for either of them. I kind of want to draw a comic / 'manga' of how I imagine their first meeting could have gone, but I don't know if my drawing skills are good enough for that.

3. Arthur/Fee

They are incredibly mainstream but I feel like I never mention them so I'll do it here. Their banter is cute, and it makes the serious moments shine more, like when Arthur expresses some genuine worry and Fee's confused. Someone bubbly like Fee is great for balancing Arthur's rougher personality.

4. Leif/Nanna

Again they are pretty mainstream, but out of all the mostly-canon Jugdral ships, they don't get talked about that much. From what I've seen it feels like a lot of people just pair them together but aren't that invested in their relationship, but I am. I don't usually like childhood sweethearts as a trope, but Leif and Nanna go through a lot growing up, and it's not a stretch to imagine them relying on each throughout that. They always have each other even if they have to leave other people like Asbel, Miranda and Linoan behind while on the run. Overall I just think they're really sweet together.

5. Lene/Ares

Not a rarepair either but I'm running out of Gen2 ships. This used to be one of my favorite ships period, and I still like it but I did recover from being completely deranged and moved on to other ships for that. I can imagine them in Darna together, not really having anyone else but each other. I also think the point of their big fight is something that actually makes sense, which is good because I don't like when fights are nonsensical and just used for drama. They also have some elements which aren't addressed in game but could add an interesting angle, like difference in class/status.

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I've been reading Bleach recently, after a certain professional shitbag recommended it. I'm only a dozen chapters in, but I have some thoughts.

First: If you've been reading my posts talking about new Shonen Jump series, I am sorry. But also, the thing I keep talking about is pacing. Shonen Jump titles are under a lot of pressure to perform well out of the gate; this means most of them cram as much of their premise and ideas into chapter 1, getting to "the good part" ASAP without having time to lay any groundwork for it.

Bleach isn't like that. Basic story facts are scattered throughout the first volume or so, giving more room for the characters and such to breathe. I dunno if Jump worked differently twenty years ago, or if Tite Kubo was more confident in his writing speaking for itself, or what, but I appreciate it.

Second: Maybe it's just that I binged Mieruko-chan earlier this week, but it feels like Ichigo seeing (normal) ghosts should come up more than it does. There aren't anywhere near as many ghosts around in Ichigo's world as Miko's, and they're a lot nicer (except the Hollows), but still.

Third: I was expecting the fact that Ichigo's physical body stays behind, unconscious, when he astrally projects or whatever to fight Hollows was just a handy plot excuse. A reason for Ichigo's broad-daylight swordfights to not be noticed, that would come up for the occasional gag or when it's convenient to the plot, but mostly be forgotten.

But nope! Characters have reacted to Ichigo going unconscious both times (so far) he's projected while outside his house—nothing plot-altering, but enough to make the characters feel like they notice the weird things he's doing and react to them.

Fourth: When Ichigo finds out Hollows used to be human (um, spoilers for chapter 3/episode 2 of Bleach I guess?), he's mad at Rukia for not telling him this, but doesn't really angst about having to kill ex-humans. He talks at them a normal shonen manga amount, but that's about all he does differently when he learns that his enemies used to be human. That feels like something that most series would give more focus (and angst) than it really deserves.

Fifth: There are a lot of nice little moments. Rukia stealing Ichigo's sisters clothes because she didn't pack anything for her not-so-brief trip to the mortal world. Orihime talking with her ex-brother. Rukia not knowing how juice boxes work. Some random guy getting mad at Ichigo for "copying his look," but nothing really comes of it; it's just a school Ichigo's been going to and has a history at. Rukia failing to comfort the dead kid in a parakeet, this makes sense in context.

Maybe this is just reiterating the pacing thing I started with, but...it's nice that there's space for things that don't really do anything except establish characters and tone. Also, I think Rukia's my favorite character.

Speaking of which, sixth: I kinda wish Rukia kept a bit more of her power. At the moment, it feels like she's basically only useful for spiritual cleanup and occasionally not dying long enough for Ichigo to show up. When she said she could only use a few Kidō spells, I thought that meant she'd use them to back up Ichigo in combat. But no, she's limited to a pretty normal level of physical abilities and some spells that don't do much.

Now, it could be a lot worse. Rukia refuses to be damseled, and the fight scene where she and one of Ichigo's mundane classmates work together to stall the Hollow proves that just because a character isn't as strong as Ichigo doesn't mean they won't get awesome moments. But it's still kinda disappointing.

I'm not saying Rukia should be as strong as Ichigo, mind. Rukia losing almost all her reaper power to Ichigo is the inciting incident, that's fine. I just wish she kept, like, 5% instead of 1%. Enough to keep some cool fight powers.

She's probably getting some power-up sooner or later, probably shouldn't complain too much. Anyways, that's six things I thought about in Bleach that I felt like sharing.

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I posted 1,083 times in 2022

That's 647 more posts than 2021!

22 posts created (2%)

1,061 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 1,010 of my posts in 2022

Only 7% of my posts had no tags

#funny - 313 posts

#fanart - 257 posts

#so cool - 111 posts

#cale henituse - 99 posts

#signal boost - 86 posts

#trash of the count's family - 85 posts

#spy x family - 52 posts

#art - 43 posts

#kim dokja - 38 posts

#trash of the count’s family - 38 posts

Longest Tag: 134 characters

#death: *calls out his moping and makes a ‘take your brother to work day’ and makes someone immortal just so dream can go on playdates*

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

So the positive attention I've gotten for my TBHK fic idea of an exorcist!Aoi has kept it in my head and although I'm not going to write the full thing until the manga is over (I've already changed so much from the first fic I posted on AO3 almost two years ago because of stuff revealed in the manga) but I'm sort of obsessed with my character dynamics I've created for Aoi, Akane, and Teru so I'm going to discuss them here using those fun ship dynamic pictures. I will also probably post more fics focusing on their relationships with each other as well as other characters because character writing is one of my favorite things which is why my NaNoWriMo project is focusing on worldbuilding.

Have fun with this!

Some backstory: Aoi and Teru have known each other since they were really little and are WlW MlM solidarity and hostility at the same time.

When Akane comes into the mix when he becomes part supernatural, things differ significantly from manga canon because Aoi isn't going to let Akane flounder in this new world and so comes clean about everything, leading to a dynamic that is healthier because they are honest to each other now and Akane isn't continually confessing to Aoi because he realizes that she isn't going to love him back the way he loves her and his feelings for her slowly fade. It is also unhealthy in a different way because now they are codependent and possessive of each other. It's fun. Teru thinks it's fun, anyway, and pokes at it constantly.

Anyway, because Akane now knows that Aoi is an exorcist, he insists on helping her with exorcisms and refuses the glasses Teru offers him. The three of them begin to regularly work together and it brings them closer with each other.

Onto the ship pictures!

They are all one of these at some point in their relationship. It is a Problem.

See the full post

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#4

It's very awkward having a British student in my class who is unapologetically pro-monarch. When asked by my chorale teacher what exactly the Queen symbolized, she said that she united everyone in the UK, no matter their political beliefs.

As she's a tiny freshman on a completely different continent, I was nice enough not to point her to tumblr to show her all the people in the UK who are celebrating her death.

23 notes - Posted September 9, 2022

#3

So... Latest JSHK chapter...

Obviously we're all very upset about Teru. He cares so much for his brother and they're both so traumatized and, regardless of how he treats supernaturals, he did just push his brother out of danger and Did Not Deserve That.

But, also, why does Number Six suddenly have an accent?

Did he have an accent in earlier chapters? Is this just a weird thing in the translation I'm reading?

Also, sad that Aoi had no lines in this chapter. Let her speak, Aodairo!!!

25 notes - Posted February 19, 2022

#2

I'm honestly shocked how many people don't realize that Helio and Medea kissing isn't an endorsement of their relationship. It's very clear that their relationship isn't healthy and that Medea doesn't care for Helio the same way he cares for her. I mean, when he asks "to console her", she doesn't give an enthusiastic "yes" or even a tepid "sure". She pauses and then says, "If you'd like." She doesn't ask for it.

To be clear, I'm not saying that Helio is taking advantage of Medea like some other people are saying. I think it's honestly the other way around. Medea knows he loves/worships her and indulges his eccentricities, even if it sort of annoys her (like when she repeated called him clingy), because it allows her to keep him under her thumb.

The major difference between Medea and Eros is that she feels guilty about using Helio like this, unlike how Eros feels about using Psyche (or literally anyone else because he's insane).

Medea legitimately cares for Helio. Just not as much as he cares for her.

74 notes - Posted January 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Goodbye Jonathan "my good friend" Harker

Goodbye Mina "I am the train fiend" Harker

Goodbye Lucy "polyamorous icon" Westerna

Goodbye Dr John "what are morals" Seward

Goodbye Quincey "shoot a bat" Morris

Goodbye Arthur "money solves everything" Holmwood

Goodbye Dr. Abraham "I am an expert in everything" Van Helsing

Fuck you Count "lizard fashion" Dracula

You will be missed. Except for Dracula.

2,674 notes - Posted November 7, 2022

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2021 Favorite Books Part I

Hey All!

It's the end of the year so, I'm going to talk about my book stuff I've one this year

12 Favorites of the year(That I read in 2021!)*Not in any particular order*

1.The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

I loved this book a lot. It felt like a really cool scifi thriller. It had me guessing.

2. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

I just finished this so I might change my mind as 2022 goes off, but thats okay! There was such a strong Found Family aspect and all the characters dynamics were wonderful!

3. Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim

God, I love Lim's storytelling. It's beautiful and this was a great end to her duology. This book felt a lot different than the first book, but it worked well in this case. The atmosphere needed to be different and it felt great with the story! I wasn't even mad at one of my hated tropes near the end.

4.The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

I really loved WOA, way more than the other two which is weird b/c a lot of folks ive seen say this is the worst and suffers middle book syndrome. The politics of the world is explained and after finishing HOA a lot of things make sense. Sanderson is a master of tieing things together in the end. I loved Mistborn, i'm just sorry it took me so much convincing to start it.

5. The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

I love Kuang's storytelling and all of the books in this trilogy for different reasons. But the descent of Rin's sanity and her brutality in this book is insane. She is a character that has made so many stupid mistakes and it doesn't even make me mad, because Rin has done this constantly, and constantly it is her downfall. I loved all these characters and the show of what colonialism is doing. This work is amazingly dark and That is one reason why I'm hesitant to recommend it to others, but I really love it.

6. The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

I loved this SFF book so much. It had a lot of great queer representation and I loved the characters and the end reveal! Linden's writing was so beautiful as well!! It was so fantastic! I liked this because I've been super hesitant to go into the Sci-fi genre, and reading this made me think I'm missing out on some great things.

7. The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

I know this book is talked about a lot, but the time I read this I was reading it while working at Brooklyn Center, MN and a day or so ago daunte wright got shot by an officer. Police Brutality is always a hot topic and Thomas saves no one with this book. She's realistic. The characters felt incredibly real and I was sobbing at multiple parts. I read this in one day and I think it's an important book. It's relevant. Thomas's writing is done well and really shows people's lives.

8. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

God, this novella was so interesting. I loved seeing the two different perspectives from these two aliens. This was short and sweet, but it told it's story and moved on. I also had a hard time telling the two authors apart. Which i loved this collab.

9. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

God, this is a honker. Did it take me forever? Yes. Did I love it though? Yes. I do think it should have been split up in more than one novel? Yup. The characters are so indepth and we see a lot of their world lore. That's some good shit.

10. Our Dreams At Dusk by Yuhki Kamitani

Technically this manga is 4 volumes, but I'm gonna combine it into one. There really isn't any plot. There's a lot of queer rep and a lot of character study. These characters arn't perfect, but they are kids. It such a good story.

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31 and 46 for the jjba ask game >:)

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31. RANK YOUR ORDER JOJO PARTSSSS

1. LOOK LOOK LOOK. STARDUST CRUSADERS IS THE BEST PART IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. the team dynamic, the characters, the relationships, the VILLAINS, the fights, FUCKINF DIOOO it's literally so good. dude i literally rushed through the anime in like 4 days it was sooo exciting. i know many people criticise part 3 for its repetitiveness but to be honest, i didn't feel like it was repetitive at all, i found it really entertaining and wasn't bored for a single episode. the last fight is inarguably the most iconic jojo fight ever and IT DESERVES THAT PLACE. sc is so fucking good i could talk about it all day long but i don't wanna pick apart every single thing rn 💀 all i wanna say is that we're never going to get another part that feels like stardust crusaders. i watched it in like the middle of march and it's already nostalgic to me 😭 there's just this immediate connection that i formed with the characters that made their deaths even sadder for me

2. golden wind. the team dynamic is really good too in this part. tbh for golden wind i'll talk about anime only because i didn't like the manga as much as the anime, and the main reason for that is that the anime adds a lot more to the characters backstories and relationships imo. do you fucking know how shocked i was when i found out that fugo's backstory and that scene of bucciarati and abbacchio meeting isn't manga canon. like wtf?? also the relationship between trish and bucciarati which literally makes me want to violently throw up and cry myself to sleep is shown way better in the anime. giorno as a jojo isn't exactly my favorite tbh, but the side cast balances it out, they're all very interesting characters. also this part really established the fucking ass pull stands that araki made up they're so funny. cioccolata's stand for example, or melone's like how the fuck do you come up with that. oh since we're talking about the villians, i liked la squadra, they were cool but a bit underused (is that even a word??). it would've been sick as fuck if la squadra and team bucciarati would have collaborated, they basically had the same goal of finding out diavolo's real identity. diavolo is bad villain imo, i already explained why in the last ask. changing the topic real quick i also find it cool how you can see how in this part araki made like, a bigger deal out of the whole fashion thing, i love the character design in gw. also fighting gold is the best jojo op

3. dude i'm slowly losing motivation i'm just gonna punch out the rest. third place goes to battle tendency because caesar is my poor little meow meow and joseph is my favorite dumbass bitch

4. diamond is unbreakable because kira

5. phantom blood mainly because dio is literally the funniest motherfucker in this part and erina and jonathan make my heart bleed

i won't rate part 6, 7 and 8 because i didn't really pay much attention during the stone ocean anime and i'm reading the manga for it right now, and i haven't read 7 and 8 yet

46. moment you wish never happened

tbh narancia's death was lowkey useless to the plot like what was the reason 😭

also the thing with yukako kidnapping koichi? like i still lowkey ship them because of the stuff that happens later in the cinderella arc but like,,, thinking about how crazy yukako really is makes it lowkey weird.

i'm trying to think of more stuff wait. ig kakyoin getting wounded so often in part 3 is kinda sad because he got less screentime because of it and also ABDUL DYING?? TWICE?? omg and the stardust crusaders hiding the fact that abdul was still alive after hol horse shot him from polnareff, it just made me so upset WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT 😭

bruh another part 5 thing; why in god's name is giorno 15 years old PLSSS. this dude deadass became a mafia boss at almost 16 years old. also, why did they make the golden wind timeline so fucking short? the entire plot went on for like what? 4 days?? they could've given them some damn time when you consider that they had to fight like 3 villains a day while mista shot himself like 60 times and everyone had to be healed by giorno over and over again like CHILL

ok this lowkey doesn't have anything to do with the original question anymore so let's just stop at this point 😭

thank you so much for the ask anon!